“It’s a big fight; it’s a legacy fight,” White told MMAWeekly.com.
“It’s a fight for the pound-for-pound best in the world. What’s
crazy to me is GSP opted to take a very dangerous fight [against
Hendricks] at 170 [pounds] without trying to take a dangerous fight
[against Silva] at 185.”

St. Pierre has maintained a stranglehold on the UFC welterweight
division since April 19, 2008. The 32-year-old French Canadian has
rattled off 11 consecutive victories, the last six of them
five-round decisions. St. Pierre last appeared at UFC 158 in March,
when he cruised to a unanimous verdict over former Strikeforce
champion Nick Diaz at
the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Hendricks was a four-time NCAA All-American wrestler at Oklahoma
State University, where he won two national titles. Backed by that
wrestling pedigree and a devastating left hand, the 29-year-old
Team Takedown representative will enter the cage on a six-fight
winning streak, having emerged as the clear No. 1 contender at 170
pounds.